AUBURN — The community is invited to the city of Auburn’s 2024 Veterans Day wreath laying ceremony on Monday, Nov. 11, at 10 ...

Opelika attorney Samantha Copelan is the first woman to be elected Judge of Lee County District Court. Copelan, ...

Defense has strong showing, but offense struggles to score points PHOTOS BY ROBERT NOLES FOR THE OBSERVER | Misery continued ...

In its first season competing, The Oaks School junior high boys team finished second in the state in the Alabama Independent ...

Auburn High School junior running back Omar Mabson has gone the extra yard to secure his name in the school record books with ...

OPELIKA –– The calendar flipping to November means the start of the high school football playoffs, but it also marks the ...

EAST ALABAMA — Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) broke ground on construction of an aviation hangar at the Auburn University Regional Airport during an Oct. 31 ceremony. The event ...

LaTora Todd Jackson was recently inducted into Class VIII of Alabama State University’s 50 Under 50, a prestigious a ...

BY DEREK LANDFOR THE OBSERVER OPELIKA — Auburn Classical Academy (ACA) is a private K-8 classical Christian school in Opelika ...

Gov. Kay Ivey presented statewide awards to Old Times Country Buffet general manager Angela Locascio, left and Andrew Heinzen ...

BY DAVID BELLFOR THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — There is only one contested local race on this year’s Lee County General Election ...

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